Working memory

Susan, a 45-year-old woman, wife and mother of two has been having memory difficulties and impaired movement of the right side of her body. With no indication as to what caused these difficulties Susan may be experiencing problems with motivation, learning and different types of memory. The different types of memory Susan may be having difficulty with include long term memory (LTM), short term memory (STM) and working memory, all of which can have an impact on how therapy is conducted and how…

Memory is a process of encoding, storing, and retrieving information. It is the total sum of who we are and what we know. It is also absolutely crucial in everything we do and affects how well we do it. A large variety of studies have already been conducted on memory and show that there are different types of memory. In their study, Luo and Craik (2008) looked at the effects of age on memory and found that aging contributes to increasing difficulty to complete complex memory tasks. There’s a…

specific area of the human test subjects brain’s can enhance working memory, more specifically memory retrieval. tDCS has become a popular technology due to the affordability of the equipment involved. tCDS is a fairly new technology and with that comes unkown, not yet discovered, aspects of the technology. The first and most notable unknown is the long term effects linked to the use of tCDS. The second aspect is whether the alterations to memory function are temporary or permanent. The…

the concept of working memory, that lies at the heart of the Baddeley and Hitch Model (1974) and assess its application in everyday life. The concept of working memory originated from the unitary short-term memory store projected by Atkinson and Shiffrin (Baddeley, 2003). Working memory allows for the storage, retaining of information for a specified period of time and manipulating that information for performance of cognitive activities. A multi-component model of working memory was proposed by…

neurological processes of working memory (Dobozy, 2014; O’Donnell et al., 2016, p. 328). While working in education, I have been introduced to concepts related to working memory, but none have explained the process as well as Baddeley’s model of working memory. Baddeley’s model challenges previous notions that working memory flows in a single orderly manner by introducing a component of management (Mcleod, 2008). Baddeley’s model of working memory seeks to explain how memory processes are…

The working memory model, as introduced by Baddeley and Hitch in 1974, outlined two distinct components: the phonological loop (PL) which deals with auditory information, and the visuospatial sketchpad which is concerned with visuo-spatial data. The PL consists of two parts, the phonological store and the articulatory control process (ACP). According to Baddeley and Hitch, auditory information is held in the store for about two seconds while the ACP recycles this information, through…

The most prominent theory of working memory is Baddeley’s multicomponent model (Baddeley,1986, 2000; Baddeley & Hitch,1974). The assumption of this theory is that working memory is made up of several different components. These components are the phonological loop, the visuo-spatial sketchpad, the episodic buffer, and the central executive. The phonological loop, visuo-spatial sketchpad, and episodic buffer are specialized subsystems under the control of a generalized executive controller,…

Working Memory Index On the Working Memory Index, which measures his ability to temporarily store and perform a set of cognitive operations on information that requires divided attention and the management of the limited capacity of short-term memory, Julian scored in the Low Average range on both subtests. On the first subtest, Digit Span, he was verbally presented with three sets of numbers. On the first set, Julian had to repeat the numbers back to the examiner in the correct order. On the…

Memory: the Multi-store Model vs. the Working Memory Model The multi-store model was the first model that attempted to explain the process of memory. The multi-store model is oversimplified and is not detailed enough to explain how memory works in everyday life. The working memory model is a more accurate description of the process of short-term memory and how short-term memories are converted into long-term memories. The multi-store model is able to explain the cognitive processes begin…

Theoretically, how is working memory similar to and different from long-term memory? One of the primary ways that working memory is similar to long-term memory is the fact that working memory is also stored within the memory center or area of the brain. In addition, short term memory and long-term memory can both be recalled to the forefront of an individual's consciousness as needed, and both working memory and long-term memory are influenced by the repetition of data or information. Basically,…